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词根:-tain-, -ten-, -tin-

【词根含义】:握,持有

【词根来源】:来源于拉丁语动词teneo, tenere, tenui, tentus(握,持有)。

【同源单词】:abstain, attain, attainable, attainment, contain

前缀:at-

【词根来源】:ad-的变体,用在t前

【同源单词】:attach, attachment, attack, attain, attainable

词根词缀:-able

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.

【相关描述】A suffix that forms adjectives. The suffix -ible has related meanings; expressing ability, capacity, fitness; capable of, fit for, able to be done, can be done, inclined to, tending to, given to.

This list is only a small sample of the thousands of -able words that exist in English.

【同源单词】abdicable, -able, abolishable, abominable, abradable, acceptable

词根词缀:tang-, tact-, tast-, ting-, -tig -tag, -teg-

【来源及含义】Latin: touch, feel; try; reach; handle; evaluate, estimate

【同源单词】anticontagious, atactilia, attain, attainable, attainder, attainment